Personalized MIT Admissions Counseling Centered on Your Success

James earned a Bachelor's of Science at Stanford University. He previously worked at Stanford as an admissions officer and as an educator. With over 20 years of cumulative experience in coaching and higher education, James has helped his students get into top universities such as Stanford, Harvard, MIT, Yale, Duke, Brown, Dartmouth, UC Berkeley, and Cornell, among many others.

James brings a breadth of experience coaching his students through the college application process. He is passionate about helping his students make the best choices for them. He integrates the knowledge he has gained as an admissions officer and educator with his Quad students, helping them create compelling applicant profiles that go beyond just test scores and grades. James aims to remove all the stress connected to college applications for each student, especially when it comes to personal statements and supplemental essays. He excels in helping his students tell their stories in a meaningful and impactful way. He deeply cares about his students and always acts with their best interests in mind–helping them with thorough planning, college selection, and staying resilient throughout the application process.

When James isn't coaching, he loves to read, create art, and never misses an opportunity to go spearfishing.

James' Pro Tip?

Your SAT scores and overall GPA isn't all that colleges look for. As you apply for college, the crucial question is: "what does each top university want to see in its students?"

Rachel has a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University. She also has a JD from Boston College Law School. 

Rachel's educational experiences are invaluable to her, which is why she decided to use her talents to help others achieve their educational aspirations. Rachel understands how overwhelming and anxiety-ridden applying to college can be. She loves taking the complicated college application process and breaking it down so that it becomes straightforward and understandable. Her goal as a coach is to reduce stress from applicants and their family members, allowing students to focus on highlighting their strengths and achieving their educational goals. 

When working with Quad applicants, Rachel strives to keep the mood light and the environment calm and relaxed. Once Rachel has achieved a relaxed environment and the trust of her students, she works to break down material so it is manageable and can be completed in an organized and efficient manner. Rachel’s greatest strengths as a coach include creating realistic timelines and organized schedules and helping students create stand-out personal statements and resumes.

In her spare time, Rachel enjoys traveling to visit family and taking long walks with her two-year-old golden lab, Bella.

Rodolfo graduated from MIT with a Bachelor’s of Science. Since graduating, Rodolfo has worked as an MIT Admissions and Educational Counselor. Within the role, he interviewed many MIT applicants and helped the admissions board evaluate fit with the college in a variety of categories.

As a coach, Rodolfo specializes in helping students build a profile that stands out. He enjoys working with students to lay the groundwork for personal investigation in the application process for optimal self-presentation and deciding between tough college decisions at the initial application stages and later on after admission.

Throughout his life, Rodolfo has had incredible mentors, coaches, and counselors, academically, professionally, musically, and in sports. He thoroughly enjoys the opportunity to pay this forward through coaching college aspirants. Aside from his assistance throughout the college admissions process, students can count on Rodolfo on a personal level to help them finish high school strong.

Professionally, Rodolfo has worked as a data scientist at some of the country’s most reputed organizations, including Booz Allen Hamilton and Apogee Integration.

In his free time, Rodolfo enjoys classical and contemporary piano/music theory, sports (tennis, golf, weightlifting, and basketball), foreign language studies/ travel (conversational in French and Italian, native in Spanish), movies/TV series, cooking, and studies in philosophy, math/statistics, data science, and software engineering.

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Yasmin received her Bachelor’s in International Relations from Tufts University and her MBA from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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She is particularly passionate about helping students identify themes in their journeys, approach the application process strategically, and spend time on the things that matter most. Yasmin believes that every candidate should have the opportunity to put their best foot forward during the application process and prioritize the highest value-add components of their applications. By equipping candidates with knowledge about the process and tools to navigate its ins and outs, Yasmin seeks to help students approach the college application season with confidence, energy, and excitement.

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Some of Yasmin’s greatest strengths as a coach are her ability to demystify and deconstruct the application process into actionable steps, supporting students with identifying strengths and improving developmental areas, helping students with theme identification and narrative formation, helping students with goal setting, and providing responsive and clear communication.

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Her recent students have gotten accepted at Princeton, Harvard, Dartmouth, Northwestern, Yale, Brown, MIT, Columbia, and the University of Pennsylvania. In her free time, she loves spending time with her husband, broader family, and her kitten, Mozart. Her favorite activities are snorkeling, traveling, and trying new foods!